[Foundation-l] GFDL Q&A update and question

[Erik Moeller]

2009/1/9 Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org>:
>
> My reading of the Attribution requirements per CC-BY-SA (4.c) in the
> context of a wiki is as follows:
>
> * every substantial edit is a copyrighted creative work;
> * every such edit must be, per the terms of the license and the terms
> of use of the wiki, made available under CC-BY-SA;
> * per the terms of that license, if the edit is originally created for
> the wiki, the person submitting it is its "Original Author" (while the
> combined work is an Adaptation per CC-BY-SA).
>
> A wiki page would therefore have multiple "Original Authors" per
> CC-BY-SA.

For the record, this interpretation has been confirmed by Creative
Commons General Counsel. The application of an edit results in an
Adaptation with multiple Original Authors. They've also confirmed that
an attribution regime where edits are attributed via reference to the
history page is fully consistent with CC-BY-SA.
-- 
Erik Möller
Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation

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